Six months over. Six months rich with a lifetime of new experiences, six months wearing all of the inconsolable pain and unimaginable joy that I alone may have have been able to carry. Half of a year in a foreign land, the adventure of a lifetime seemingly contained within the time between the rising and falling of the moon. No matter how hard I try, I can't shake the fear that my carefully executed dream will end when I wake up.

In November 2015 the Plattsburgh Sunrise Rotary Club embarked on a fundraiser for ShelterBox that has benefits that reach as far as the remote West Lunga Forest, an African miombo woodland forest preserve in the northwest region of Zambia. But the benefits won't only be felt in Africa, they will also fund another ShelterBox that will eventually be shipped to a disaster zone somewhere in the world to save a family coping with the loss of their home.

Club members will sell bottles of African Bronze Honey harvested by farmers in that region of Zambia. A portion of the cost of each bottle is set aside to train and equip more Zambians in how to harvest honey — supporting entrepreneurship and beekeeping in Africa.

Plattsburgh Sunrise is proud of its support of the Max Moore Memorial Tree House.
At the ribbon cutting ceremony Ashley Cousens thanked Sunrise for their significant monetary contribution and thanked Kathy Duley and Joanne Dahlen in particular for their continued involvement as volunteers.
Kathy Duley represented Sunrise Rotary at the groundbreaking ceremony earlier in the year and held the 'ribbon' which was really a mural hand painted by children at the event this past Saturday.
Also on hand from Sunrise Rotary were Victoria Duley, Tom LaBombard, and Kjell Dahlen.

Would you like to donate items to the only orphanage in central Jamaica that accepts babies?

New Hope Children's Home is a non-profit organization and has been an independent licensed children's home for twenty years. Financial support is provided by donations from individuals along with a subvention from the government.

One of the most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics in the world is the Rotary "4-Way Test."
It was created by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932 when he was asked to take charge of the Chicago based Club Aluminum Company, which was facing bankruptcy.
Taylor looked for a way to save the struggling company mired in depression-caused financial difficulties. He drew up a 24-word code of ethics for all employees to follow in their business and professional lives.